Hydrocarbon-burner.



No. 728,633. PATBNTBD MAY 19, 1903..

W. DE LATIMBR, HYDROGARBON BURNER.' APPLICATION-FILED HAYKl'I, 1902.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER DE LATIMER, HOUSTON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO Wal-l. BAILEY, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

HYDRocAuBoN-suRNER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 728,683, dated May 19, 1903.

Application iiled May 17, 1902. Serialllo. 107,831. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom. t may concern.:

Be it known that VI, WALTER DE LATIMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Hydrocarbon-Burner, of which the following is a specification. V

This invention relates to hydrocarbonburners; and it has for its special object to provide a burner of this class which shall be especially adapted for the consumption of crude oil, which as a fuel is readily available at a. very low price.

A further object is to construct a burner which shall be exceedingly simple and inexpensive and any part of which when burned out or destroyed may be readily replaced at a nominal expense.

A further object is to provide a .feeding device for supplying the oil to the burner by means of which-the oil shall be thoroughly agitated and aerated before being introduced into theV burner, thereby increasing its heat- -of the pipe 5.

ing capacity andl facilitating its conversion into gaseous vapor.

With these and other ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims. 1

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the hydrocarbonburner constructed in accordance with my invention, the same-being arranged for operation in an ordinary cook-stove, which latter is shown in section. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the feeding device and the pipes leading to theburner.

Corresponding parts in both figures are indicated by like characters of reference.

Connected with the inlet-valve lof a supply-pipe 2 isv a horizontal pipe "3, from the outer end of which depends a short pipe-sec tion 4, the lower end of which is connected with the first generator-pipe 5, which latter is downwardly inclined, as shown. The outer end of the pipe 5 is connected by a short horizontal pipe-section 6 with the second generator-pipe 7, which is likewise downwardly inclined, but in a direction opposite to that The inner lower end of 'the generator-pipe 7. is connected by a .vertical pipe-section 8 with ,the first burner-pipe 9, which is extended outwardly in the same Vertical plane as the pipe 7. A short horizontal pipe-section 10 connects the outer end of the pipe 9 with asimilar pipe 11, likewise horizontally arranged and extending nearly to the pipe-section 4 of the inlet, where it is provided with a cap or closure 12. The several pipesections formingthe burner are mutually connected by elbows 13 of ordinary construction. The burner-pipes are provided in their under sides with openings or apertures 14 for the burners, whereby the flames are deflected upon the generator-pipesunderneath.

LIt will be observed that while the burnerpipes 9 and 11 are arranged parallel to each other in the same horizontal plane the generator-pipes 7 and 5, which are located relatively below the said burner-pipes, are inclined in opposite directions, the'former being extended downwardly fromY the lower end ofthe latter. The latter pipe 5. being connected directly with the inlet, it follows that the oil on entering said pipe is exposed to a greater degree of heat than in the pipe 7, which it enters in a partly-vaporized state. Possible danger from explosion by the superheating of the vapor is thereby averted.

15 designates 'a tank, preferably constructed of castiron,which is located below the burner. One end of this,vwhich constitutes the igniting-tank, is provided with an opening 16, through Awhich extends a short downwardly-curved supply-pipe 17, the outer end of which almost reaches the bottom of said tank, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The pipe 17 has a valve 18 suitably connected with the supply-pipe 2.

The means for supplying the fuel-oil to my improved burner have been illustrated in the diagram of Fig. 2, from which it will be seen that the lower end of the supply-pipe 2 is suitably connected bya pipe 19 with a tank 20 of suitable capacity, which may be buried in the ground outside the building in which the burner is used. The tank 20 has a valved lling-pipe 21, and the lower part of said tank has an air-inlet pipe 22, connected by piping 23 and a flexible pipe-section 24 with an aircurrent 25, 'adapted to be operated by a hand- IOO lever 26. By this means I am enabled not merely to produce the requisite air-pressure in the tank 2O for forcing the oil contained in the latter up into the burner, but the air introduced through the pipe 22 is caused to churn and thoroughly agitate the oil, becoming commingled therewith and facilitating its conversion into a gaseous Vapor which is better iitted for consumption than when unrniXed with atmospheric air.

The filling-pipe 21 of the tank 2O is provided at its upper end with an elbow 27, to which by means of a swiveled or union joint 27 is connected a filling cup or funnel 28. The latter when not in use for filling the tank may be turned down to the reversed position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, when it will be seen that it forms a protection for the inlet of the filling-pipe, water, dirt, dac., being absolutely prevented from entering the saine.

In addition to the filling-pipe 21 the storage tank is provided with a small pipe 29, having a petcock 30, by opening which the air contained in the tank may be permitted to escape when the tank is being filled. By opening either this petcock or the valve of the filling-pipe the compressed air may at any time be permitted to escape from the storagetank when it shall be desired to withdraw the oil-supply from the stove-for instance, in case of fire.

The pipe 23, connecting the storage-tank with the air-pump, is provided with a checkvalve 31 to prevent the oil from backing up. This is very essential, owing to the arrangement of the mouth of said air-pipe below the level of the oil in the storage-tank.

The operationof my invention will be readily understood. By operating the air-pump until a suitable pressure has been produced in the storage-tank the oil is caused to flow into the supply-pipe. By opening the valve 18 a small quantity of oil is permitted to How into the igniting-tank 15. Being ignited, it

heats the generator-pipes until the oil, permitted to pass into the latter by opening the valve I of the supply-pipe, is converted into gaseous vapor, which on entering the burnerpipes and escaping through the burners is ignited. The dames deiiected by the burners upon the generator-pipes will heat the latter sufficiently to cause the conversion of oil into vapor to proceed uninterruptedly as long as the valve 1 remains open and suicient airpressure exists in the storage-tank.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. Ahydrocarbon-burnercomprisingagencrater-pipe connected with and extending downwardly and forwardly from the supplypipe, a short connecting-pipe, horizontally disposed and extending laterally from the outer lower end of said generator-pipe, a second generator-pipe extending downwardly and rearwardly from the said connectingpipe, a vertical connecting-pipe extending upwardly from the inner lower end of the second generator-pipe and a pair of parallel, horizontally-disposed burner-pipes connected at their outer ends by a short connectingpipe, one of said burner-pipes being connected at its inner end with the upper end of the vertical connecting-pipe and the other burnerpipe being closed at its inner end, said burner-pipes being disposed in the same vertical planes as the generator-pipes, said generator-pipes being tilted from their connected ends, respectively in an upward and a downward direction, being thus disposed at unequal distances from the respective burnerpipes and the latter being provided with flameopenings in their under sides, through which flames will be projected in the direction of the generator-pipes.

2. The combination with a storage-tank buried under ground and having a valved inlet-pipe provided with an elbow at its upper end, of a filling cup or funnel swiveled to said elbow to exclude dirt when turned in a downward direction.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WALTER DE LATIMER.

Witnesses:

FRANK S. BURKE, JOHN BOYD. 

